Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

In the glass

Aroma: dried cherry, rose petal, leather, dried fig, Mediterranean scrub

Palate: sour cherry, iron, tobacco, balsamic, potpourri

The Riserva amplifies the house signature: rose-petal and dried-cherry depth, iron-and-leather backbone, a very long balsamic finish. Released only in exceptional vintages.

What it pairs with

• Tournedos with bone-marrow butter
  Fat-rich beef demands the Riserva's firm tannin; marrow umami amplifies the wine's leather.
• Wild hare in salmi
  Traditional hare stew finds a peer in the wine's dried-fig and balsamic register.
• Truffled risotto
  Black-truffle aromatics weave into the wine's potpourri and rose-petal lift.

History

Poggio di Sotto bottles a Riserva only in exceptional years, drawn from the longest-cask selection of the estate's best parcels. The wine is widely cited in modern Brunello critic top-fives. ColleMassari Group has continued the Palmucci-era house style since the 2011 acquisition.

1. 1995 — First Poggio di Sotto Brunello Riserva vintage
2. 2011 — Estate transitions to ColleMassari Group ownership

Facts

Producer

Poggio di Sotto

Grapes

Sangiovese Grosso (100%)

Classification

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Riserva

Oak

Around 60 months in large Slavonian oak casks, released only in exceptional vintages

ABV

14.5%

Price

EUR 400 to 700 at retail

Drinking window

12 to 40 from vintage

First vintage

1995

Scores

• Wine Advocate 98 (2015 vintage, reviewed 2022)
• Vinous 97 (2015 vintage, reviewed 2022)

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